Since we are new to homeschooling in the Lehigh Valley (PA), I am deciding to share with you some of our finds. Organization/ Businesses Push the Rock– 4 locations, Meets different days, Fun and Fitness and Faith all in One! Price $60 for the sessions. SkyZone– A trampoline park in Bethlehem open on 2nd and 4th Wednesday from 2-4. $8 for 60 minutes. You need … Continue reading LV Homeschooling

Need to break up the day with a Challenge. Try the 30 Circles. Today I used the challenge in a classroom and students loved it. I related the circles to creative thinking and people problem solving the Black Death. Yep, I took two completely different things and combined them. This exercise can stand alone, but I love mixing activities to prove a point. First, print … Continue reading 30 Circle Challenge

As moms, we can really take over and be overbearing. Yep! We have all taken over. We have redone projects and taken on that helicopter parent behavior especially as homeschoolers. It’s all to easy to make it our work/ life and not their work. But truly homeschooling is about them and their learning not us so I say release them! I get it. We want … Continue reading It’s about them

Today, we incorporated Vocabulary.com into our day. This program can be used in a few different ways but I took this online program as a tool for Emmit to spell then practice word meanings. We used the The Golden Goblet Study Guide‘s vocabulary by Teacher Created Resources. I am totally enjoying this guide. I took the guide and made a student notebook which … Continue reading Digital Vocab Practice

To wrap up, The Little Prince I decided to have E make a digital Venn diagram using Creately. I love introducing new technology to E! So today we tested Creately. What a cool program! The program is very easy to use, contains multiple formats and E picked it up very quickly. He enjoyed manipulating the graphics, adding text, and creating an organizer on his own. … Continue reading Creately Organizing

Crafts can be a ughh thing for some. I totally get it. First, you have to pick one then gather supplies then do the thing…too much work, mess and the thought of what it will turn out like is super uncool. But if you never attempt it then they never try it and you are stuck in the no craft zone and that’s so uncool. … Continue reading Oh Crafts!

My days move fast and I lose track very quickly so here is a flashback on what we have been up to! Health Talks Emmit and I started a drug unit using this site. Drug Free World! Everyday we hit a new topic and discuss. We created a simple notebook sheet and to write down the topics we cover and date each one for our … Continue reading 5 Things to Add into Your Day

So we have this book called the Children’s Writers Journal and we have been exploring different authors and their writing styles. Yesterday we studied Maurice Sendak and we were amazed to find Neil Gaiman on the spread. Yep. We just finished the Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman and there he was mentioned in this book next to Maurice Sendak. Love that. Of course, I had … Continue reading Learning is Not Linear

Today, we used the Flashkids Reading Comprehension workbook and took some time to study Diwali. Diwali is an Indian holiday celebrated in the fall that features lights, fireworks, and huge family gatherings. I actually didn’t know about this holiday so after reading a page and answering questions about the holiday I requested for E to do some additional research on this foreign holiday. He quickly … Continue reading A 5 minute Add-On